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Réforme féministe du droit/Feminist Law Reform course

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Below you will find the syllabus for Prof. Martha Jackman's exciting feminist law reform/Réforme féministe du droit course at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law. Interested students should sign up!

Law reform is an essential component of the
struggle for women’s equality in Canada.
This bilingual seminar course (with guest speakers and some off-campus
visits) will provide students with an opportunity to develop the knowledge and
skills necessary for the pursuit of systemic legislative remedies at the
federal level. Drawing on the expertise
of feminist lawyers and others actively engaged in the federal law reform
process, areas of discussion and training will include: access to information
and research; submissions and appearances before parliamentary committees;
lobbying; media and public relations campaigns; public legal education;
grassroots outreach and other key tools and avenues of feminist law reform
advocacy. (3 credits)

PREREQUISITE :

Constitutional Law I or an equivalent course on
the Canadian Charter of Rights and
Freedoms. This is a bilingual
course. Students must have a good
(passive) knowledge of both official languages.
The instructor will switch between languages each week and presentations
by guest speakers will be in English or in French. Students may use the
language of their choice in class.

COURSE
MATERIALS :

Course materials available electronically on
the Professor’s faculty web-site.

METHOD OF EVALUATION :

The method of
evaluation includes five components:

1)
class preparation and attendance (10% of the final grade);

2)
a letter to the editor, of a maximum 200 words in length, due by 4 p.m. on December
7 (5% of the final grade);

3)
an op-ed, of a maximum 700 words in length, due by 4 p.m. on December 7 (15% of
the final grade);

4)
a letter to a minister/prime minister, of a maximum 200 words in length, due by
4 p.m. on December 7 (5% of the final grade); and

5)
a written brief, of a maximum 3,000 words in length (5,000 words to fulfil the
major paper requirement), on a feminist law reform topic of the student’s
choice, due by 4 p.m. on December 22 (65% of the final grade).